IsTouchIDHackedYet, a site created by Nick DePetrillo and Robert David Graham, offered more than $16,000 in cash and other prizes to the first person to successfully hack the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the new iPhone 5S. The winner was Starbug who pledged the funds to Raumfahrtagentur, a spinoff from CCC-Berlin.
According to The New York Times, the CIA is paying AT&T more than $10 million per year for access to its phone records database to assist with its overseas counterterrorism investigations.
Pakistan recently promulgated a new law that imposes heavy punishment (ranging from ten years imprisonment to death) for “crimes against computers including cyber crimes, internet offences and other crimes related to information technology” when committed with the purpose of waging war against Pakistan or threatening its security, The News reports.
The Raw Story reports that earlier this year the Seattle Police Department purchased a “mesh network” that will allow emergency responders “to determine the IP address, device type, downloaded applications, current location, and historical location of any devices that searches for a Wi-Fi signal.” The network is reportedly not yet turned on.
Earlier this month, London bankers, regulators, government officials, and market infrastructure providers participated in a cyber attack simulation “designed to test the City’s defense against online saboteurs.” According to Reuters, the test proved to be a “productive exercise” and participants are now better equipped to respond to a real cyber attack.
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